With new material in tow, metal band Holistic are looking to project their masterfully crafted double riffs, heavy bass, solid drums and brutally powerful vocals all while supporting a great cause.
Holistic will take their brutal, perfectly-crafted metal sound to The Mosh For Daniel 2 event this Friday (18 November).
The event looks to raise awareness and funds for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, a cause that is very close to boys. “We got involved with the show and foundation because our bass player, Dean Morcombe, is the brother of Daniel so he does a lot with the Foundation already. He got us involved and we've done a few things and played a few shows to help out because it is such a great message and a great foundation.”
The boys will share the night with Chronolyth, Darkc3ll, Terror Parade and Tombstone, four other Aussie metal bands that show love and support for each other. "The atmosphere is the one thing I’m looking forward to most about playing with the other boys,” Steve says.
“It's like a brotherhood; we are all moshing together and supporting each other. We will watch the other bands and go hard for them and vice versa. It's a different feeling to know you have that support no matter what. It's incredible."
Along with playing shows the band are looking to follow their 2015 debut EP, ‘Perception Of Reality’, with new material. “We have a single and a few other new songs we are really excited about. We played them at our last gig and got a really good response, so we are going to start recording with RTD Studios and start getting it all together."
When discussing their process for creating music Steve uses the analogy of their writing process being like the building of a structure with everyone playing their part in the construction of tunes. "We have one, main writer which is guitarist Ben Nielson. He will just start jamming away and even misses practice sometimes because he just has to finish a song,” he says.
"He will bring us a tune and then we work around it. I'll write some lyrics, the drums will get put down and it comes to us really. It's like building a structure until it's complete."
With new music and a band full of energy, the future for the boys is all about working up the ladder for the love of their music. "Keep climbing the ladder and pulling some support for some big bands coming over [to tour Australia] is the plan. We are gonna film a video for our new single and then just focus on writing those tunes for the love of it; not because it's a chore. If it ever becomes a chore that's when we'll know to stop."
Even with all the future plans in sight, Steve explains that getting involved with the crowd is still his favourite part. "I love to jump around like a man fella, letting it all out and seeing the crowd's response to your music is amazing. Feeling that energy is an indescribable feeling, it makes you want to continue to put in effort and go hard.
“The harder [the crowd] go, the more I want too. Sometimes my neck will be struggling after I've been moshing with the crowd; it usually takes me two days to recovery. That energy in the room is what keeps me going though and keeps it from getting boring."
Holistic play The Mosh For Daniel 2 at The V Room (Sunshine Coast) 18 November.
